id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ajis02-305	Hasan, Helen	Integrating IS and HCI Using Activity Theory as a Philosophical and Theoretical Basis	1999	12	.pdf	application/pdf	7669	373	51	The reasons for this choice will be elaborated below but are well articulated by Blackler (1993) in his review of the relationship between knowledge organisation and the management, where he says Activity Theory reframes management by modelling the recurrent and embedded nature of human activities, by revealing the tentative nature of knowledge and its action orientation and by highlighting the opportunities for individual and collective development that engagement and dilemma can provide. This paper describes the basic principles of Activity Theory as they apply to IS and HCI, with particular emphasis on those systems which provide knowledge about the progress of their organisation to senior managers.	cache/ajis02-305.pdf	txt/ajis02-305.txt